Now, with more weird Seattle goodness!

Seattle is about as far West you can go without falling off the edge.  People who moved here just kept going and going until they couldn't go any further.  Rain, long winter nights, the often-gray skies -- these things have caused many around here to delve deeper into themselves and follow their hearts, eccentricities and all.  People here aren't any weirder than anywhere else, we're just not afraid to show it.

Breakfast in a Record Shop

 

Easy Street Records is the best little record store, cafe and cocktail lounge in West Seattle and it's almost single-handedly doing its best to keep Seattle weird!

East Street is an independent record store that opened in 1988 and they're a super-favorite here at Keep Seattle Weird.  They opened a small cafe inside and then later, an upstairs "speakeasy" cocktail lounge.  They are so beloved, when West 5 Bar and Restaurant closed up the street, they gave their beloved Mai-Tai recipe to the folks at Easy Street. They have record release parties, in-store performances and it serves as a mini-townhall of sorts for local residents.

Poop Walk - Waterworks Gardens wastewater treatment art installation

If you want to get out of the city and have a fun and educational walk, go visit Lorna Jordan's Waterworks Garden a few minutes outside Seattle, near beautiful downtown Renton. Lorna's design for Waterworks Gardens combined classical garden design, wastewater treatment infrastructure and habitat restoration. The garden is a great place to stroll and get out doors, while enjoying an art installation and understanding how nature cleans dirty water to provide us with clean drinking water. The artist was inspired by her study of Italian gardens and the sense of theater that she observed there. The Grotto was hand made from stone and concrete and, with its flowing water, pools, native plantings, mosaic, and stone seating, remains a favorite gathering place for visitors to the site.

Seattle's Big Top Curiosity Shop is closing - Go to the last big sale

To the Staff at Keep Seattle Weird's utter sadness and despair, Big Top Curiosity Shop is closing.  

Their sad loss is your happy gain, however. 

Big Closing SALE this weekend! March 23rd-24th & 30th, 12-6pm.

Saturday 25% off of Everything!
Sunday Red Tag Sale!
Everything with a red tag is 50% off!
Saturday March 30th, last sale ever!
50% entire store!

Vintage, Collectibles & Oddities! Large selection of Velvet Paintings, Restaurant / Advertising Memorabilia, Beer Signs, Neon Signs, Collectible Toys: Hot Wheels, Star Trek, Star Wars, Batman, E.T. Animal Skulls, Taxidermy, Nautical, Clown & Halloween costumes, Cassette Tapes, Vintage Bikes, Street Signs, Knick Knacks, Circus Posters, Automobilia, Store Display items & more!

BIG TOP CURIOSITY SHOP:  8507 14th Ave South, Seattle, WA

"Something Weird Video" helps keeps Seattle Weird!

Something Weird Video is a film distributor company founded by the late Mike Vraney and currently run by his wife Lisa Petrucci, and based in Seattle. They specialize in exploitation films, but the content runs the gamut of exploitation cinema, from burlesque and striptease shows to stag and peepshow films, and even some drug and driver's ed shorts. 

We're proud to say "Something Weird Video" is helping to Keep Seattle Weird!

Seattle's W Hotel "Sound Suite", a hotel room with a recording studio

W Hotels introduces the first W Sound Suite in North America, a private recording studio and creative space for artists to use whenever inspiration hits. With a capacity for up to 25 people, this 380 square foot sound proof space includes a vocal booth, mixing equipment, and lounge area to host your next reception.  Innovative recording technology invites you to unleash your creativity and channel your musical genius into your very own masterpiece. 

Seattle has always been a city of pioneers, leading the world in everything from coffee to technology to music. The launch pad for a spectrum of successful musical careers from Jimi Hendrix to Macklemore and Pearl Jam to Brandi Carlile, Seattle remains the city of who’s new/next in music

W Hotel in Seattle

Purple Power - Lilac Wishes and Lavender Dreams at the Purple Store in Seattle

Yes, there is a store in Seattle called the Purple Store and yes, everything in it is PURPLE!
You can get purple furniture, purple kitchen appliances, purple goth items and even stuff for your purple wedding!  Visit it online or in person at

The Purple Store is located at Pike Place Market.